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@uitrit tatr @anni @fitta WILLIAM B. HUTGHINSON, OF NEWBERN, NORTHCAROLINA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND MITCHELL, ALLEN 80GO., OF SAME PLAGE.

Lettersl Patent No. 72,857, dated .December 31, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT '1N WELL-TUBES.

TO ALL WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:

l Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. HUTCHINSON, of Newbern, in the countyof Craven, and State of North Carolina, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Well-Tubes; and I dohereby declare that the fol-l owingis a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enableothers` skilled in 'the art to make and use the same, reference beinghad tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters ci' reference markedthereon.

This invention consists in the -combination of a conical-gauge strainerplaced in the end of the well-tube, a pointed cylinder having a hollowperforated bead near its lower end, and an inverted conical basketwithin the cylinder, and provided with ldiamond-shaped holes, as will behereinafter more fully described. In the accompanying plate of drawings,my improvement in well-tubes is illustrated- Figure 1 being-a side viewor elevation of the same, and v Figure 2 a centrallongitudinal verticalsection. l

A, in the drawings, represents the outside perforated pointed cylinder,cast in one piece, with-a neck or shoulder at the open end, B, for-allowing a thread to be cut to receive the coupling. D, the perforatedsandbasket, cast separate, and with a Bange, E, at its open end, to t onthe neel: of the cylinder' and to overlap it. F the gauze strainer orfilter, fitting closely upon the neck and inside of the coupling, in areverse position freni the sand-basket, With a similar lange where it issecurely clamped between the ends of the cylinder and pipe by thecoupling, without the use of solder. G, two holes in the outer cylinderA, in shape of a half-1noon or circle, for allowing the sand to wash outof the well, and into a reservoir created by the suction from the pump..

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secureby Letters Patent- The combination of the conical-gauge strainer F,perforated inverted conical sand-basket- D, and `perforatedpointedcyiinder A, having the openings Gr in the hollow bead near itslower end, as herein described, for the purpose specified. v l The aboveis a specification of the improved economicall well invented by me.

Newborn, N. C., August 27, 1867.

' WM. B. HUTCHINSON.

Witnesses:

'W. F. STANLY,

Gao. ALLEN.

